Nettie Honeyball

[3][4] In 1894, Honeyball began placing newspapers adverts for players for a women's football team.

"[8] Due to Honeyball's PR campaign, the BLFC's first match played under association rules was held on 23 March 1895 in Alexandra Park, Crouch End and had an attendance of over 12,000 people.

[9][10][11] Scottish suffragist Helen Matthews, known for forming Mrs Graham's XI, played for the BLFC in 1895.

[1][3] Nettie Honeyball featured in the exhibition Goal Power at Brighton Museum in 2022.

This biographical article related to women's association football in England is a stub.

Honeyball in British Ladies' Football Club clothes, c. 1895
Sketch of Nettie Honeyball and others in the British Ladies Football Club playing in the first official women's football match in Alexandra Park , Crouch End in 1895 with Alexandra Palace in the background